Buy a Shlurple, save a turtle
It's a video that resonated with us all: a turtle with a single-use straw lodged in its nostril and needing it to be removed. A harrowing watch and a reminder of how marine life is being affected by the huge a...
Asda: reducing single-use plastics has cut out 6,500 tonnes of plastic waste
UK supermarket chain Asda has today reported a huge reduction in plastic waste after switching to plastic alternatives. The popular chain has managed to remove 6,500 tonnes of single-use plastic from its own b...
Celebrating International Women’s Day
Shining a spotlight on female led businesses that are making a difference to the plastic waste movement
With today being International Women's Day we wanted to highlight some organisations with females at t...
Plastic Finds Its Way Into The Eggs Of Seabirds In The High Arctic
Plastic contamination has been discovered in seabird eggs in the High Arctic. Another worrying sign that synthetic materials are penetrating ever deeper into mother nature. Researchers found chemicals that are...
IBM: VolCat
IBM researchers have come up with a way to chemically separate plastic molecules. VolCat creates a residue that can be re-used to create plastic products.
The Big Blue claims that its Volatile Catalyst (Vol...
Environment Secretary Gove vows to go plastic-free for lent
Environment Secretary Michael Gove MP has vowed to go plastic-free for Lent during an environment committee meeting.
Gove said he would reduce his plastic use over the period after he was asked about his pl...
Supermarket chain Iceland to go plastic-free by 2023
UK supermarket chain Iceland will trial plastic-free produce, with the aim of eliminating plastic completely from its own-brand products by 2023.
The trial will launch at the frozen food giant’s Food Wareho...
Plastic found inside animals inhabiting the world’s deepest oceans
The bad news keeps on coming.
Scientists studying some of the world's deepest oceans have discovered microplastic ingestion by organisms. The study looked at the Mariana trench and five other areas, where d...
Australia not recycling enough plastic packaging!
Study finds only a third of plastic packaging used in the Southern Hemispheres, Australia is being recycled
Australia, known for the Sydney Opera House, the Great Barrier Reef, Ayers Rock, the Outback, kan...
Glastonbury Festival bans sale of single-use plastic bottles
For the first time, single-use plastic bottles will not be sold at this year's Glastonbury Festival, according to organisers.
Single-use plastic bottles will not be sold at this year's Glastonbury Festival...